EFnet Chat Network

Data breach

Due to an insecure password on an old admin account, hackers were able to retrieve a data dump of the forum database. At this point, it is safe to assume that all passwords are compromised. All passwords have been reset to a random string, you will need to perform a [url=http://forum.efnet.org/ucp.php?mode=sendpassword:s7999jtq]password reset[/url:s7999jtq] in order to login.

irc.arcti.ca renames to irc.shaw.ca

irc.arcti.ca has decided to rename its server to irc.shaw.ca. The server have been linked to efnet for many years and have before that had the name irc.powersurfr.com and irc.videontron.ab.ca. The admins have also decided to open up and everyone should now be able to use the server.

Connections tagged as TOR exit node by mistake

Some EFnet servers mistakenly tagged all incoming connections as TOR Exit node by mistake and issued a kline. The reason for this is that the blacklist provider ahbl.org have decided to shut down the service and returns positive responses for the queries our monitoring bots sends. So if you unexpectanly got tagged as TOR exit node the last days that might be a false positive.

irc.wh.verio.net delinks

After 10 years in service the sponsor of irc.wh.verio.net have decided to pull it`s support. The server linked 4. March 2002 and have been administrated by Andrew "next" Prins the entire time. Thanks to Verio, next and the staff for the 10 years hosting and running the server on EFnet